improvident
/im'prɒvidәnt/
📖 中文释义
- a. 无远见的, 浪费的
💬 双语例句
The idea of giving money to the neediest is an obvious and powerful one. But it has long run up against a Victorian belief that the poor are improvident and likely to waste money on alcohol, tobacco, and gambling.
现金转移的案例非常有趣。 将现金提供给最需要的人显而易见非常有效。 但这种做法却遭到维多利亚时期理念的反对,他们认为穷人缺乏远见,可能将钱用于烟、酒和赌博。
The fire-and-brimstone language so often used to describe emerging-market crises (“virtuous” versus “profligate” countries, for example) is not appropriate, because, as we have seen, the improvident yet liquid need not be punished for their supposed sins – while the thrifty but illiquid can be.
新兴市场危机常常会用夸张的形容词来描述(比如“正直”国家和“放荡”国家 ) , 这是不合适的,因为我们已经看到,浪费但流动性好的国家未必会因为所谓的罪恶的受到惩罚 — — 而节俭但流动性差的国家有可能受到惩罚。
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📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- a. not provident; not providing for the future